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Old 06-30-2016, 10:09 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Rockfish9 View Post
leave the inside white... blonde eels fish better than dark ones.. don't believe me... leave a few in a white bucket and compare the results yourself...anything in nature that appears different attracts attention and gets culled...

same goes for shiners kept in a white container...
I've found the same thing to be true. My eel tank is a blue plastic barrel I keep in the shed with an aerator, and the eels will lighten after a couple days.
The lighter they are, the better they fish.
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